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2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 15 - Civil Remedies and Procedures
CHAPTER 17 - ARREST AND BAIL IN CIVIL ACTIONS
Section 15-17-230. Qualification of bail.
Universal Citation: SC Code § 15-17-230 (2017)
The qualification of bail must be as follows:
(1) Each of them must be a resident and householder or freeholder within the State; and
(2) Each of them must be worth the amount specified in the order of arrest, exclusive of property exempt from execution.
But the judge or clerk of the court, on justification, may allow more than two bail to justify severally in amounts less than that expressed in the order if the whole justification be equivalent to that of two sufficient bail.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-823; 1952 Code Section 10-823; 1942 Code Sections 258, 515; 1932 Code Sections 258, 516; Civ. P. '22 Sections 214, 457; Civ. P. '12 Sections 81, 245; Civ. P. '02 Sections 72, 215; 1870 (14) 438 Section 75, 469 Section 217.
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